Belt-coupling



.(No Model.)

V. RIGE.

BBLT GOUPLING.

No. 248,666. Patented Oct. 25,1881.l

NITED STATES PATENT rFrcEo VICTOR RIOE, OF OLMSTED, OHIO.

BELT-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION formng' part of Letters Patent No. 248,666, dated October 25, 1881. Appnzzifion fi1ea April4 a, 1881. (No moaei.)

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, VIGTOR RIOE, cf 01msted, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Belt-Ooupling, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The nature and objects of the invention will fully appear from the subjoined description, when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a face or flat view. Fig. 2 is a longitudnal section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the clasps.

A A represent the two ends of a belt to be united.

B B represent the coupling device, which consists of metal clasps b b (seen also detached in Fig. 3) and eoupling-link o. The said clasps may be made of sheet metal or cast in malleable iron. One side of said clasp has a countersunk seat for the head of a screw, d, for fastening the said clasp to the belt, while the other side has a hole, having a bar, e, either made in punching the hole, or cast, it' of cast metal, on the inside surface. In the inside of said bar is cut the screw-thread for receiving the aforesaid screw d.

c is a coupling-link, uniting two of the aforesaid clasps. These clasps are attached to the belt, as seen in Fig. 1, by inserting the ends of the belt between the two ends as far as the link, and then the screws are inserted and screwed down tight, so as to embed the clasps into the fabric of the belt, which thereby have a veryl firm gripe on'the belt, like thejaws of a Vise, and the inside facesofthe clasps, being slightly roughened, eifectually hold onto the fabric, the screws serving only to clamp the clasps thereon. These clasps are made the size shown in the drawings, which is full size, and are placed on the belt at intervals of one inch, this being found to he the best method. They are therefore applicable to all widths of belts-that is, a two-inch belt would require two clasps, a three-inch belt three clasps, and so on. These clasps might be made by dispensing with the link c and making the clasps with interlocking mortises and united with a pintle, like an ordinary hinge, which would serve a like purpose; but the link method is preferable, be- 50 cause it presents a double joint, which more readily adapts itself to pulleys of small diameters.

Having described my invention, I claim The herein-described belt-coupling, consisting of the clasps B,-having the countersunk screw-seat d in one side, and the bar e, for receiving the screw in the other, the screw d, and the link c, in combination with the belt A, substantially as described, and for the pur- 60 pose spocified.

VICTOR RICE.

Witnesses:

W. D. BENNETT, A. E. BENNETT. 

